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Biggest crowd that ever watched a North Carolina home game (34,000) saw the week's longest run, when Ace Parker caught a kick-off in his end zone, scurried 105 yards for the second of four touchdowns that won for Duke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Nov. 23, 1936 | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

Bill Hutchinson, star Green back took the opening kick-off and ran it back 35 yards to score, and from that time on, the Crimson struggled on hopelessly against the obviously superior and more powerful Dartmouth eleven...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INDIANS RETURN HERE, SCALP 1940 GRIDSTERS | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

...number playing varied from 10 to 15 on a side according to how many came out for the afternoon's play. It was played with a round ball and started with a kick-off. An off-side player was called a "lurker" if he were not in motion. If in motion he could take part in the play like an on side man. Fair play was strictly and voluntarily adhered to by every player...

Author: By James L. Knox, | Title: McGill Huskies Feted in Champagne After First Intercollegiate Struggles | 11/14/1935 | See Source »

...first time in eight years, clung desperately to a three-point lead from Cutter's place-kick in the second quarter. In the last two minutes of the game, both teams scored-first Navy on a forward pass, then Notre Dame two plays later when Pilney ran the kick-off back to Navy's 23-yd. line. Navy 10, Notre Dame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Nov. 19, 1934 | 11/19/1934 | See Source »

...games that sent the season into full swing last week, the most spectacular single play was a 90-yd. runback of North Carolina's first kick-off by Krouse of Tennessee. A point behind at halftime, Tennessee managed to pound out a touchdown in each of the last two periods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Oct. 15, 1934 | 10/15/1934 | See Source »

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